大學(xué)英語(yǔ)1 復(fù)習(xí)題

大學(xué)英語(yǔ)1復(fù)習(xí)題I.Beneatheachsentenceyouwillseefourchoices.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence.1.AlthoughIhadreadthebookassignedbytheprofessorseveraltimes,itdidn'tmakeany______tome.A.meaningB.importanceC.senseD.significance2.Youhaveworkedouttheplanandnowwemustputitinto______.A.fallB.realityC.practiceD.deed3.Thegoodserviceatthehotelmadeupforthepoorfoodtosome______.A.wayB.gradeC.sortD.extent4.Thecase______alotofthings,______asecond-handwatch.A.contained;includingB.included;containingC.included;containedD.contained;included5._____Sundayswestayathome.A.WithB.OnC.InD.At6.Thevolleyballmatchwillbeputoffifit____.A.willrain

B.rains

C.rained

D.israining7.HeaskedwhoIvotedforandIsaiditwasmyown_______.A.thing

B.matter

C.duty

D.business8.It’sbelievedthatifabookis____,itwillsurely____thereader.A.interesting;interest

B.interesting;beinterestedC.interested;beinteresting

D.interested;interest9.Here’smycard,Let’skeepin___.A.touch

B.relation

C.connection

D.friendship10.____visitorstotheUKwereaskedbynewspaperreporterswhattheirimpressionsoftheBritishpeoplewere.A.Thenumberof

B.AnumberofC.NumbersofD.Anynumbersof11.Goodmoviesnotonly____us,butalsohelpusunderstandalittlemoreaboutlife.A.entertainB.entertainedC.entertainingD.entertainment12.Mydaughterwasshy;shewasafraidto_______toquestionsinclass,ortalkwithotherchildren.A.responsibilityB.responsibleC.respondD.response13.She_____herambitionofbecomingafashiondesignerafteryearsofhardwork.A.advocatedB.fulfilledC.confinedD.engaged14.Aheavyfloodcausedthebridgeto_______;now,noonecancrosstheriverwithoutboats.A.collectB.corruptC.correctD.collapse15.Almosteverybodyneedssomeoneto______intimesoftrouble.A.putonB.learnC.leanonD.comeon16.Mostpeoplewerereadytogiveuponhimwhenhe______ofschool,butlaterhereturnedandearnedhisdegree.A.droppedupB.droppeddownC.droppedinD.droppedout17.Whenyoumoveonanewcountry,youmayfindthefoodtherestrangeandyoumaymissthefamiliarsmellsofthefoodyou_______inyourowncountry.A.areaccustomedtoB.areaccustomingtoC.willaccustomtoD.accustomto18.Darwin’stheoryofevolutionremains_____partlybecauseitchallengesthereligiousbeliefthatGodcreatedman.A.conversationB.controversialC.controlledD.conservation19.Ihadto____oneofmyemailaccountsasitwasfilledwithjunkmail.A.abundantB.abuseC.abstractD.abandon20.OurEnglishteacheralwaysaskedusto_____newwordsandphrasesinthetext.A.underestimateB.undermineC.underlineD.underground21.Thewealthofacountryshouldbemeasured________thehealthandhappinessofitspeopleaswellasthematerialgoodsitcanproduce.A.inlinewithB.intermsofC.inregardwithD.bymeansof22.Thefarmerhadtowearheavybootsinthewinterbecausethefieldsweretoowetand________.A.earthyB.solidC.dustyD.muddy23.Inthefuture,more______shouldbeplacedontheeducationoftheyoung.A.emphasisB.implicationsC.impressionsD.crisis24.Which?book?would?you?like?to?borrow???—_______?of?the?two?books?is?OK?with?me.?A.?Either??B.?Both??C.?Any??D.?None25.I?was?_______??by?his?comment?on?my?clothes.??A.?embarrassment?B.?embarrassing??C.?embarrassed?D.?embarrass?26.Giventhechancetoshowhisability,heregained_____andbegantosucceedinschool.A.confidenceB.conferenceC.conformationD.confront27.ItiswellknownthatChinaisacountrywithrichnatural_______andaverybigpopulation.A.resultsB.resourcesC.reputationsD.revolutions28.Thereiswidespreadconcernthattherisingunemploymentmay______athreattosocialstability.A.pleaseB.postC.pollD.pose29.Somepeoplebelievethattheearthcan_______enoughfoodtosupportatleasttwiceitspresentpopulation.A.fieldB.fieldunderC.yieldD.yieldunder30.Thankstothe_____ofairtransport,everyoneisfreetogoanywhereatanytime.A.efficientB.efficiencyC.deficientD.deficiency31.Thelocalgovernmentispressedtofindnewplacesto_______waste.A.bumpB.pumpC.jumpD.dump32.Generally,childrendisplaygreat_____abouteverynewthingtheysee,andtheywanttofindoutmoreaboutit.A.cureB.curiousC.curiosityD.curing33.Hewasproudofbeingchosento_____inthegame,andhepromisedthathewouldtryashardaspossible.A.partB.participateC.partialD.party34.Heseldomspoke,andhewasneverimpatient______her,hewasalwaysakindandfriendlyfather.A.withB.fromC.underD.for35.Thisareawitnessedaleapineconomicgrowthinthepastdecade,butnowthegrowthisslowing______.A.downB.upC.onD.to36.Goodmoviesnotonly____us,butalsohelpusunderstandalittlemoreaboutlife.A.entertainB.entertainedC.entertainingD.entertainment37.Mydaughterwasshy;shewasafraidto_______toquestionsinclass,ortalkwithotherchildren.A.responsibilityB.responsibleC.respondD.response38.She_____herambitionofbecomingafashiondesignerafteryearsofhardwork.A.advocatedB.fulfilledC.confinedD.engaged39.Aheavyfloodcausedthebridgeto_______;now,noonecancrosstheriverwithoutboats.A.collectB.corruptC.correctD.collapse40.Almosteverybodyneedssomeoneto______intimesoftrouble.A.putonB.learnC.leanonD.comeonII.Inthispart,therearethreepassagesfollowedbyquestions,eachwithfoursuggestedanswers.Choosetheoneyouthinkisthebestanswer.PassageoneForanyEnglishman，therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist．Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim：thatofWilliamShakespeare.EveryEnglishmanhassomeknowledge，howeverslight，oftheworkofourgreatestwriter．Allofususewords，phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare’swritingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyoftheEnglish-speakingpeople．Mostofthetimeweareprobablyunawareofthesourceofthewordsweused，ratherliketheoldladywhowastakentoseeaperformanceofHamletandcomplainedthatitwasfullofwell—knownproverbsandquotations．Shakespeare，moreperhapsthananyotherwriter，makesfulluseofthegreatresourcesoftheEnglishlanguage．MostofususeaboutfivethousandwordsinournormaluseofEnglish；Shakespeareinhisworksusedabouttwenty-fivethousand．ThereisprobablynobetterwayforaforeignertoappreciatetherichnessandvarietyoftheEnglishlanguagethanbystudyingthevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareusedit．Suchastudyiswellworththeeffort(itisnot，ofcourse，recommendedtobeginners)eventhoughsomeaspectsofEnglishusage，andthemeaningofmanywords，havechangedsinceShakespeare’sday．1.Englishpeople______.A．haveoftendiscussedwhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatistB．neverdiscussanyissueconcerningtheworld’sgreatestleaderC．a(chǎn)resurewhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatistD．donotcarewhoistheworld’sgreatestpoetanddramatist2．EveryEnglishmanknows______.A．moreorlessaboutShakespeareB．NothingaboutShakespeareC．a(chǎn)llShakespeare’swritingsD．onlythenameofthegreatestEnglishwriter3．Whichofthefollowingistrue?A．Weuseallthewords，phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare’swritings．B．Shakespeare’swritingshavebecomethepropertyofthosewhoarelearningtospeakEnglish．C．ItislikelytobetruethatpeopleoftendonotknowtheoriginsofthewordstheyuseDAllthewordspeopleusearetakenfromthewritingsofShakespeare4．Whatdoestheword“proverb”mean?A．FamiliarsayingsB．Shakespeare’splays．C．Complaints．D．Actorsandactresses．5．WhyisitworthwhiletostudythevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareusedEnglish?A．EnglishwordshavechangedalotsinceShakespeare’stime．B．BydoingsoonecanbefullyawareoftherichnessoftheEnglishlanguageC.EnglishwordsarenowbeingusedinthesamewayasinShakespeare’stimeD.BeginnersmayhavedifficultylearningsomeaspectsofEnglishusagePassagetwoWhenMrs．JosephGroegerdiedrecentlyinVienna，Austria，peopleaskedtheobvious，“Whydidshelivetobe107?”Answerswereprovidedbyasurveyconductedamong148Viennesemenandwomenwhohadreachedtheageof100．Somewhatsurprisingwasthefactthatthemajorityhadlivedmostoftheirlivesincities．Inspiteofthecity’simageasanunhealthyplace，citylivingoftenprovidesbenefitsthatcountrylivingcanlack．Onefactorseemstobeimportanttothelongevityofthoseinterviewed．Thisfactorisexercise．inthecitiesitisoftenfastertowalkshortdistancesthantowaitforabus．Eventakingpublictransportationoftenrequiressomewalking．Smallerapartmenthouseshavenoelevators，andsopeoplemustclimbstairs．CitypeoplecanusuallywalktolocalsupermarketsSinceparkingspacesarehardtofind，thereisoftennoalternativetowalking．Ontheotherhand，thosewholiveinthecountryandsuburbsdonothavetowalkeveryday．Infact，theoppositeisoftentrue．Togotoschool，work，oralmostanywhereelse，theymustrideincars．6．TheViennasurveymayhelptoexplain_____A．thecomplaintsofpeopleinapartmenthousesB．thecauseofMrsGroeger’sdeathC．thelongevityofpeoplelikeMrs．GroegerD.theimageofcitiesingeneral7．Thepurposeofthesecondparagraphistolistsome_____A．benefitsofwalkingB．occasionsforwalkingincitylifeC.commentsmadebycitypeopleD．problemsofcityliving8．Toreachthethirdfloorofabuilding．itwouldprobablybemosthealthful__A.totaketheelevatorB．towalkupthestairsC．torideinacarD．tofindanalternativetowalking9．Peoplewholiveinthecountryprobablydomoredrivingthanwalkingbecause__A．theydon’tliveneartheplaceswheretheyneedtogoB.theydon’tneedtheexerciseC．theyneverhaveparkingproblemsD．theycan’taffordtotakethebus10．Aconclusionthatcanbedrawnfromthispassageisthat____A．a(chǎn)irpollutionisnotseriousB．a(chǎn)nyonecanlivetobe107C．countrypeopleshouldmovetothecityD．walkingisahealthfulexercisePassage3Almosteveryfamilybuysasleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday．Somepeoplesubscribetoasmanyastwoorthreedifferentnewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers?Fivehundredyearsago，newsofimportanthappenings----battleslostandwon，kingsorrulersoverthrownorkilled--tookmonthsandevenyearstotravelfromonecountrytoanother．Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate．Todaywecanreadinournewspapersofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycountriesonthesamedaytheyhappen．Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld，newspapersgiveusalotofotherusefulinformation.Thereareweatherreports，radio，televisionandfilmguides，bookreviews，stories，andofcourse．a(chǎn)dvertisements．Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentiontotheirproducts．Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace，butitisworththemoneyfornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecountry.Forthosewhoproducenewspapers，advertisementsarealsoveryimportant．Moneyearnedfromadvertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakeaprofit．11.Thephrase“subscribeto’’inthefirstparagraphmeans“________”A．gotothenewspaperstandandbuyB．sendtheirownnewsstoriestoC．a(chǎn)greetobuyforaspecificperiodoftimeDbecomefaithfulreadersof12Thehabitofreadingnewspapersis_____A．widespreadB．foundamongafewfamiliesC．notpopularD．uncommon13．Beforethetimeofthenewspaper，______A.badnewstraveledquicklyandgoodnewsslowlyB.fewpeoplecaredabouteventsthattookplaceinfarawaycountriesC．kingsandrulerswereoftenoverthrownorkilledD．newswaspassedfromonepersontoanother14Theauthorseemstoagreethatmoneyspentonadvertisementsis______A．wastedB．notmuchC.wellspentD．ofnousetoanyone 15．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?A．Fivehundredyearsagoittookalongtimefornewstoreachothercountries．B．Newspaperadvertisementsturnpeople’sattentionawayfromtheirproducts．C．Thenewsthatwereadinnewspapersismainlyaboutnewproducts．DWhennewspapersaresoldatalowprice，thenewspaperproducerswilllosemoney．Passage4TherearestoriesabouttwoU．S.presidents，AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren，whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK．Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue，buttheyarebothinteresting．

ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation．Infact，hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting．WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson，hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid．Ifheapprovedofapaper．hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit．Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowtospell．Sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”．Afterawhile，heshortenedthattermto“OK”．

ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn，Kinderhook，NewYork．VanBnren’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresident.TheycalledtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub，andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”．16．Theauthor

______.A.believesbothofthestories

B．doesn’tbelieveawordofthestoriesC．isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrue

D.istellingthestoriesjustforeducatingthechildren.17.Accordingtothepassage，PresidentJackson

______.A．couldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatall

B.didn’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimselfC．oftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsforhim

D.wasn’tgoodatreading，writingorspelling18.Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”

_______.A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJackson

B．wasthetitleofsomeOfficialdocumentsC．wasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonD．wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect’’19.Accordingtothesecondstory，theterm‘‘OK”______.

A．wastheshortwaytosay‘‘oldKinderhookClub”

B．meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasbornC．wasthenameofVanBuren’sclub

D．wasusedtocallVanBuren’ssupportersintheelection20．Accordingtothesecondstory．theterm“OK”wasfirstused___.A．byVanBuren

B．inapresidentialelectionC．toorganizetheOldKinderhookClub

D．bytheleaderofthe‘‘OldKinderhookClub”P(pán)assage5

Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoingayearago，weshouldprobablyhavetosaythatwecouldnotremember.Butifwehadkeptabookandhadwritteninitanaccountofwhatwedideachday，weshouldbeabletogiveananswertothequestion.

Itisthesameinhistory.Manythingshavebeenforgottenbecausewedonothaveanywrittenaccountofthem.Sometimesmendidkeeparecordofthemostimportanthappeningsintheircountry，butoftenitwasdestroyedbyfireorinawar．Sometimestherewasneveranywrittenrecordatallbecausethepeopleofthattimeandplacedidnotknowhowtowrite．Forexample，weknowagooddealaboutthepeoplewholivedinChina4，000yearsago,becausetheycouldwriteandleavewrittenrecordsforthosewholivedafterthem．Butweknowalmostnothingaboutthepeoplewholivedeven200yearsagoincentralAfrica，becausetheyhadnotlearnedtowrite．

Sometimes．ofcourse，evenifthepeoplecannotwrite，theymayknowsomethingofthepast．Theyhaveheardaboutitfromolderpeople，andoftensongsanddancesandstorieshavebeenmadeaboutthemostimportanthappenings，andthesehavebeensungandacted

andtoldformanygenerations.Formostpeopleareproudtotellwhattheirfathersdidinthepast．Thiswemaycall’rememberedhistory’．Someofithasnowbeenwrittendown.Itisnotsoexactorsovaluabletousaswrittenhistoryis，becausewordsaremuchmoreeasilychangedwhenusedagainandagaininspeechthanwhencopiedinwriting．Butwheretherearenowrittenrecords，suchspokenstoriesareoftenveryhelpful．21.Whichofthefollowingideasisnotsuggestedinthepassage?________

A．“Rememberedhistory”，comparedwithwrittenhistory，islessreliable.

B．Writtenrecordsofthepastplaythemostimportantroleinourlearningofthehumanhistory．

C．AwrittenaccountofourdailyactivitieshelpsUStobeabletoanswermanyquestions．

D．Wheretherearenowrittenrecords．thereisnohistory．22．WeknowverylittleaboutthecentralAfrica200yearsagobecause___.

A．therewasnothingworthbeingwrittendownatthattimeB.thepeoplethereignoredtheimportanceofkeepingarecord

C．thewrittenrecordswereperhapsdestroyedbyafire

D．thepeopletheredidnotknowhowtowrite23．“Rememberedhistory”refersto___．

A．historybasedonaperson’simagination

B.storiesofimportanthappeningspasseddownfrommouthtomouth

C.songsanddancesaboutthemostimportantevents

D.bothBandC24．“Rememberedhistory”isregardedasvaluableonlywhen_____.A.itiswrittendown

B.nowrittenaccountisavailableC．itprovestobetime

D．peopleareinterestedinit25.Thepassagesuggeststhatwecouldhavelearnedmuchmoreaboutourpastthanwedonowiftheancientpeoplehad_____.A．keptawrittenrecordofeverypastevent

B.notburnttheirwrittenrecordsinwarsC．toldexactstoriesofthemostimportanthappenings

D．mademoresongsanddancesPassage6SomeofthenotebooksGeorgeWashingtonkeptasayoungmanarestillinexistence．TheyshowthathewaslearningLatin，wasveryinterestedinthebasicsofgoodbehaviorinsociety，andwasreadingEnglishliterature．Atschoolheseemsonlytohavebeeninterestedinmathematics．Infact，hisformaleducationwassurprisinglybriefforagentleman，andincomplete.ForunlikeotheryoungVirginianofthatday，hedidnotgototheCollegeofWilliamandMaryintheVirginiancapitalofWilliamsburg．Intermsofformaltrainingthen，WashingtoncontrastssharplywithsomeotherearlyAmericanPresidentssuchasJohnAdams，ThomasJeffersonandJamesMadison．Inlateryears，Washingtonprobablyregrettedhislackofintellectualtraining.HeneverfeltcomfortableinadebateinCongress，oronanysubjectthathadnottodowitheveryday，practicalmatters.AndbecauseheneverlearnedFrenchandcouldnotspeakdirectlytotheFrenchleaders，hedidnotvisitthecountryheadmiredsomuch．Thus，unlikeJeffersonandAdams，heneverreachedEurope.26．Whydidn’tWashingtongotocollege?A．Hisfamilycouldnotaffordit．B.Acollegeeducationwasratheruncommoninhistime．C．Hedidn’tliketheyoungVirginiangentlemenD．Theauthordoesn’tgiveanyreason．27．WashingtonfeltuncomfortableinCongressdebatesbecausehe_____.A．lackedpracticeinpublicspeakingB．felthiseducationwasnotgoodenoughC．didn’tlikearguinganddebatingwithpeopleD.feltthatdebatingwaslikeintellectualtraining28.ThereasonwhyWashingtondidn’tvisitFrancewasprobablythathe_____.A．didn’treallycareaboutgoingB．didn’tknowFrenchleadersC．couldn’tcommunicatedirectlywiththeFrenchleadersD．wastoobusytotravel29.Accordingtotheauthor______.AWashington’slackofformaleducationplacedhimatadisadvantageinlaterlifeB．WashingtonshouldhavegonetoFranceeventhoughhecouldnotspeakFrenchC．Washingto